Its not that they don't care, it was just never a possibility, if it were a
threat, the FAA would make it a law. Until now, it never was a threat in the
USA.
Until now.
Expect things to change. Events like this change a country forever.
Mark Kuzia
flyboy01@mediaone.net
http://people.mw.mediaone.net/flyboy01/home.html
1995 Dakota 13.79 @ 102.45 mph "Fastdak"
~360ci, 5-spd, 8 3/4 rear / 3.90-SG
1994 Dakota 15.36 @ 91.56 mph
~318ci, 5-spd, 3.90 LS (bone stock, no mods)
----- Original Message -----
From: "TJ Goettner" <TNJG999@email.msn.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: Hijackings. Was: Re: DML: Headed to Help in NY City
> If only the airlines were up to making that kinda of time consuming,
costly
> addition to thier aircraft, this and many other situations could have very
> well been prevented. Too bad the money hungry bastards just DONT CARE.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
> To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:52 PM
> Subject: Hijackings. Was: Re: DML: Headed to Help in NY City
>
>
> > jbleazard@sympatico.ca wrote:
> > : Hey Jon,
> >
> > : Just wanted to check... is your brother at home now? I know he was
> going to
> > : school in NYC at one point.
> >
> >
> > Nope, he's down in Florida right now; looking for a teaching job in
> > Boca Raton. Thanks for your concern though. :-) He did just fly up
> > and back a couple of weeks ago to be the best man in a friend's wedding
> > though; kinda makes you think. :-P (Although I'd almost feel sorry for
> > the terrorist who tries to hijack a plane with my brother aboard...)
;-)
> >
> > Speaking of which, that's one thing that kind've has me baffled;
> > obviously the details are sketchy and we may never know what actually
> > happened, but APPARENTLY these hijackers took the planes with nothing
> > more than knives and cardboard cutters??? A couple of guys with knives
> > vs 60-90 people? Hindsight is 20/20 and sitting here behind a computer
> > screen its easy to criticize, but if you're going to die anyway, what
> > have you got to lose? Take 'em out; or die trying... I suspect perhaps
> > the passengers thought it was a "routine" hijacking, maybe they'd sit
> > on the runway for a few hours before they were rescued. ? All just
> > useless speculation at this point though. Hopefully some lessons will
> > be learned from this though so its not a total waste. A couple of
> > things that come to mind... Perhaps every plane should be equipped
> > with weapons of some sort, accessible only by the crew? Even rubber
> > bullets or non-lethal types of weapons would probably be enough.
> > Also, and this one is even more obvious... Why is it possible for the
> > bulkhead between the cabin and the pilots to be breached? If the
> > hijackers can't get into the cabin, the plane isn't going anywhere.
> > I seem to recall several years back Paul Harvey was reporting
> > on a hijacking, and kept repeating the word "gas" several times during
> > the story. If the cockpit was able to be physically isolated from the
> > rest of the cabin and the plane were equipped with a system to release
> > gas into the cabin to put everyone to sleep, the plane could be landed
> > safely and the terrorists would wake up in a jail cell somewhere.
> >
> > Anyway, its all just stupid speculation... What a day! :-( It still
> > hasn't really sunk in for me; I keep expecting the credits to roll.
> > My condolences to everyone directly affected, and best of luck to those
> > involved with the rescue efforts.
> >
> >
> > Dak content: ...not important right now.
> >
> > --
> >
> > -Jon-
> >
> > .---- Jon Steiger ------ jon@dakota-truck.net or
> jon@jonsteiger.com -----.
> > | I'm the: AOPA, DoD, EAA, NMA, NRA, SPA, USUA. Rec & UL Pilot - SEL
> |
> > | '70 Barracuda, '92 Ram 4x4, '96 Dakota, '96 Intruder 1400, '96
FireFly
> |
> > `-----------------------------------------
> http://www.jonsteiger.com ----'
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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